Threat of higher burden as Starmer prepares to commit to spending 5pc of GDP on national security
Threat of higher burden as Starmer prepares to commit to spending 5pc of GDP on national security
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The PM will join fellow Nato leaders in The Hague today after signing up to the goal of spending 3.5 per cent of GDP on defence.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer failed to rule out tax hikes to fund the Government’s long-delayed defence investment plan - but…
IFS director Paul Johnson warned that the £30bn increase in defence spending would need to be funded by tax rises
Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to boost defence spending to 2.7 per cent of GDP by 2027, as Nato allies push for ‘dramatic increase’
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